Events
Spring 2008 Events
Academics as Authors: A Symposium on Book Publishing
When: April 11, 2008, 2008
Where: Emory Conference Center
Contact: Sponsored by the Program for Manuscript Development
http://www.emory.edu/PROVOST/facultydevelopment/ manuscriptdevelopment/aboutourservices.php
The General Session
Please join us on Friday, April 11, 2008 for a one-day symposium on trends and challenges in book publishing. The day will begin at 8:30 with coffee and croissants. A panel discussion featuring a varied group of editors and literary agents will take place from 9:00 to 11:30, with Q&A. This discussion is open to the Emory community. Please contact Alyssa Stalsberg at astalsb@emory.edu to register to attend the morning session.
Visiting editors:
Marc Favreau, Editorial Dir. of the New Press (Humanities)
Dedi Felman, Vice President and Sr. Editor with Simon & Schuster (Narrative non-fiction, Biography)
Susan Ferber, Executive Editor at Oxford University Press, (History)
Patrick Fitzgerald, Publisher for Life Sciences with Columbia University Press (Life Sciences.) Acquistions public health and policy.
Wendy Harris, Sr. Acquisitions Editor with Johns Hopkins University Press (Medicine and public health)
Anna Lawton, Editorial Dir. of New Academic Publishing at Georgetown (Social sciences and Public Policy)
Wendy Lochner, Sr. Executive Editor with Columbia University Press (Religion and Humanities.) Acquisitions, philosophy and Animal Studies.
Chuck Myers, Executive Editor with Princeton University Press (Political Sciences, Law and Economics)
Visiting literary agents:
Henry Dunow with Dunow, Carlson & Lerner. Acquires biography, history, memoir, fiction, current affairs, story collections, science.
Miriam Goderich of Dystel & Goderich (Nonfiction and Fiction)
Susan Rabiner of Rabiner Literary Agency (Nonfiction)
Individual Meetings
From 2:00 to 4:00 these guests will be available for brief meetings with Emory authors. To sign-up for one-on-one meetings with particular editors or agents, contact Elizabeth Gallu at egallu@emory.edu beginning in February. Space is limited and appointments will be made on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Circulation of Book Summaries
Emory authors who wish to circulate brief overviews of book projects among the visiting editors and agents in advance of the symposium may submit a summary of three-pages or less by March 1, 2008. Visit the Manuscript Development Program webpages on the Provost Office website (www.emory.edu/PROVOST/facultydevelopment/ manuscriptdevelopment/manuscriptdevelopment.php) for submission guidelines.
Book Summaries
If you would like the editors and agents participating in the April 11th symposium to have a chance to learn a little about your work in advance of that day, consider submitting a brief overview of your book project. The Manuscript Development Program will compile a packet of these project descriptions and circulate them among the visiting editors and agents. If you would like feedback on a draft of your summary, please contact either Amy Benson Brown (abrow01@emory.edu) or Elizabeth Gallu (egallu@emory.edu).
Submission Guidelines:
--March 1, 2008 is the deadline for summaries
--Page limit of 3 pages or less
--Double-space the text
--To submit your summary, please send it as an email attachment to Amy Brown at abrow01@emory.edu
